Beauty

At the beginning of summer last year, I went on a beautiful yoga retreat with my mum. The yoga instructor gave us each a tub of homemade moisturizer and homemade sugar scrub. I'm telling you, this stuff was heaven! I've tried so many moisturizers over the years but never found one that works with my very dry and agitated skin. I have eczema on my eyes and rosacea on my cheeks, and struggle to find Read more...

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These eczema relief bath melts have been a lifesaver for me over the past year. I'm sure I'll write about this in more detail soon, but a couple of years ago I developed eczema out of the blue. I'm convinced it was stress related, but I still haven't been able to shake it. It mostly effects my hands, the inside of my elbows, behind my knees and the top of my eyelids (lucky me). Over time, I've been Read more...

There's nothing that can beat the simple luxury of a hot bubble bath, in my opinion. When the cold has seeped into your bones, you've had a long and stressful day, or you need some help drifting off to sleep, a bath is always the answer. I've been a huge fan of the Lush bath bomb range for a long time. I can't actually use bath bombs anymore - they irritate my sensitive skin - but James loves them Read more...

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As you may or may not know I've been a vegetarian for almost three years now. It's something I'm very committed to, and I try to only buy products which aren't harmful to animals (or people!) It's not until recently, though, that I've given much thought to my choice of cosmetics. I read blog posts by Chelsea and Libby which pointed out that some cosmetics are still tested on animals. Testing beauty Read more...

Hello there! Nice to meet you, I'm Jess. Twenty-four. Edinburgh. Tree hugger. Obsessed with Halloween. I like elephants and bell bottoms and my bunny rabbit Archie. You can usually find me in the pub, watching Buffy, hunting down vegan junk food or crocheting on the sofa.